# Amputations at CCS Contractor Equipment & Supply, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021010322` · 1/13/2021 · BELLWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** CCS Contractor Equipment & Supply, Inc.
- **Location:** 840 S. 25th Avenue, BELLWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60104
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As an employee placed a piece of metal into a spot welding machine, the machine's foot pedal was pressed while the employee's hand was still in the machine, crushing the employee's right pinky finger and resulting in an amputation down to the first knuckle.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*